24 ken of than others. There is the good old-fashioned Convert, who is rather ancient. I'm sure you are not a Con vert unless it is a Convert to f l f I' Æ'.'( I r 1 ' 11 i "\ , ' I 'J } "t-""'..,.,.,.,..,.. - ,Þ " one of the newer modes of living. In troverts and Extroverts come next. Introverts are the shy little vio- lets who sit mouselike in the corner at social affairs and let you do all the talking. They are ideal dinner com- panions because at least they look as if they are good listeners. An Introvert doesn't like folks. He or she is the type who can't see any- thing in crowds and would rather have little dinners à deux than any sort of a gay party and who is more comfort- able alone than with folks. Some- thing tells me that if you are a typical New Yorker you are not an Introvert, unless you are having a special grouch. Extroverts are those delightf ul folks \vho like to talk. Sometimes their talk may even border on "showing off." We who write, or at least try to express ourselves to the public, are Extroverts. Good old-fashioned psy- choanalysts probably say we have Ex- hibition Complexes, but I am sure it isn't quite that. Actors and actresses, lecturers and most musicians and most doctors are in this class, too. Anyhow, Introverts get and Extroverts give. Now we come to the least pleasing of the Verts. This is the Pervert, who w'ith all of his other faults isn't even new-fashioned. It is only in the last few years that he is even spoken of at all in modern society, though now this bar sinister of the Vert family gets into plays, with anrl without sup- pression, and is often the subject of dinner conversation. Of course you must be a Vert to be modern, but you needn't stop there. You can he a Manic and get away with it. You do know what a Manic is, I hope ! You can be a plain Manic SEPTEMDER 10, 19 2, 7 ) The Doorbell! ! Manic is slightly insane, but it is a most comfortable form of insanity because It doesn't get worse as the years go by. Quite unlike the Para- noiacs, who get worse with time and who find they gradually lose contact with their environments and naturally go dippy. Of course you may have all sorts of insane tendencies without actually being all gone, and these, too, are hav- ing a good word said about them and are quite in the modern manner. For all you know you may have Dementia Praecox Tendencies and still not be locked up for it, or you may have Blocks or Escapes, Hallucinations or Obsessions, and be considered smart instead of slightly unbalanced. Psychoanalysis, they tell us, is a method and not a science, so thank- fully we don't have to be scientifically correct about all this. However, we should all be glad that the Common People have taken up Fixations and Libidos, thus relieving us of the ne- cessity for using the terms, and allow- ing the rest of us to delve a bit deeper into abnormality. It does make you f eel so up to, and even beyond, the n1inute to know what is the newest thing wrong with all of your friends. -THYRA SAMTER WINSLo\\r :\ ,V- \ J 1!-, . . il ; "" ';, t å. " ! goes around with a little suicide plan ^ . . always tucked away in his brain. The \ r ' 1" "\ friend of yours who is always trying to ,.- ._ -, - _' 11 :I !Í: .' -. , , . _.' j . W f , J - " ,. commit suicide or at least always think- r- Vi" _' . "--, - i .:: {; . I.,._,' , ' , :. ; , l .: . '.- ing of trying to commit suicide is a 7 f J " . :4 ' . ,..., ,,, - - . ' .I.,, .. Manic Depressive. Or even if he orshe ") '." (.<'- ) '" - ..;- shea :a t' eu gS ;- ;o : id j .f "' - , ; =,:: .:-_: :'.j; - r ' - - Manic Depressive used to be just a , 0 ;:r:i, '_ : ì' person "in the dumps," or one who . '''' \: ' l U.. . .' "Pi was having a Blue Spell. It is much \' 1 : .::- ',}: ,i f' .:-< f1 / more interesting to be a Manic De- ' \"";: : ß\ r1" i ,,'rþ/ì(1 ;\ preSSlve, certainly. A plain Manic-I,; '\:1 V /. '.. without the "Depressive"-may be 1 J -:'\' " L ;{l If,' _' , 'J just bubbling over with enthusiasm in t.', ,.: " / J l!:...}., " spells. Pollyanna was just a Manic, .\< \ ' ' :: / ,- ,::-:"">'_ after all. -.: . The psychologists tell us that a -- :.._'